This book is saw the birth of my organization. His delving into systems thinking was a revelation to me in the early 90s when the book came out. It packs the same punch today along with it’s companion book, the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook.

Charan, Ram and Drotter, Stephen, Noel, James L.: The Leadership Pipeline: How to build the Leadership owered Company (2011) J. Wiley & Sons

How to Become a More Well-Rounded Leader, by Tony Schwartz, discusses a non-black-and-white approach to working with the stereotypical good and bad qualities in a leader. Schwartz takes you through the thought process so you see how ‘good’ qualities, like tenacity, can turn bad when overused or depended on too much. He aims at building a complementary set of strengths rather than perfection.

Models are the most fun. I like seeing things in terms of frameworks. It helps me parse out the direction to go in. I hope you have fun, too.

The LeadingStrategically competency model will help you to understand where you need to develop yourself to get to the next level in your organization. We use this in coaching situations and long term engagements.